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Communicable diseases in a pandemic state is known to?   Exist in a wide area  
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Indirect disease transmission (or contact) can be a result of a:   Inanimate object, and Fomite.  
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A symptomatic carrier can be best described as:   Shows signs or symptoms of a disease  
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Vehicle is often described as:   Vector, Fomite, A means of infection  
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Encephalitis causes:   Inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord.  
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What is the common source of transmission for Hepatitis A?   Milk, Water, Shellfish  
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What is the typical onset time of Hepatitis A?   6 weeks  
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Rabies is caused by?   A virus  
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Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were implicated in causing:   Yellow Fever  
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Today A.I.D.S in the U.S. can be commonly transmitted by:   Unprotected sexual relations.  
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Cholera can be transmitted by:   Food and water: Lettuce, Ice, Seafood.  
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Botulism bacteria prefer to thrive in what type of environment?   Anaerobic conditions  
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Bubonic plague is caused by what?   Caused by an infected oriental rat flea  
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The pneumonic stage of plague is more contagious than the bubonic stage? T/F   True  
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Classic foodborne intoxication often shows fever as one of the sysmptoms. T/F   False  
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Classic foodborne infections often shows:   Fever  
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Tuberculosis incubates and shows lesions in a human host for an average of:   4 to 6 weeks  
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Leptospirosis is a bacterial disease which can affect which host?   Rats  
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The Q-fever organism is highly resistant to:   Heat  
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Lymes disease common vector is the:   Tick  
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Red tide can cause:   P.S.P Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning  
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Friable asbestos means:   Easily crumbles  
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Carbon monoxide commonly occurs when:   Unburned fossil fuels  
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The minimum horizontal distance from a well to a sewer line is:   50 feet for california  
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The definition of turbidity is:   Cloudiness of water, highly concentrated bacteria in a sample of water, extremely hard water.  
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1% is the same value as:   10,000 ppm  
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Bio-hazardous waste can include   Infectious waste and Medical Waste  
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The primary concern of the green house effect is:   Increase carbon dioxide build up in the atmosphere, and depletion of the ozone layer, increase in the earth's mean temperature.  
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Landfill and sewage sludge digestion produce:   Methane and carbon dioxide  
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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome is caused by what organism?   E. coli 0157:H7  
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3 identical sounds of 100 dB =   104.8 dB  
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What type of radiation does Radon emit?   Alpha radiation  
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Sound pressure levels is expressed in what units?   Decibels  
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Permissible Exposure Limits:   Are enforceable  
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Cosmic Radiation can   Raise background radiation  
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Using ear plugs to control noise is:   The last step in noise control  
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Which dosimeter gives quick readings?   Pocket chamber  
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Normal classroom lighting requires   50 foot candles  
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T.D.S. is checked by:   Naphalometric device  
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Catalytic converts depend on:   Noble metals, Heat, and Carbon monoxide  
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Upwind and down wind scenarios relies on   Wind direction  
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Microwaves affect what human organs first:   Gonads and Eyes  
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X-rays and gamma rays are   High level energy forms  
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A lambert is defined as   Reflected surface light  
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SCBA's average use is how long?   30 minutes  
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Secchi disk is used to do what?   Check turbidity  
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Excessively soft water can increase what?   Lead and Copper  
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Flocculants do what?   Aid in the sedimentation process  
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Haz-Mat waste requires what form?   Manifest  
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The current M.P.N test is:   Coli-lert  
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A diagonal jet is a ?   Water fountain  
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A pool has 600 square feet. Calculate the occupancy load.   30 people; Pool Occupancy = Area/20  
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A spa has 100 cubic feet of water, how many gallons is that?   748 gallons; Conversion factor is 1 cubic ft=7.48 gallons  
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A square pool measures 10 feet on each side. The depth is 7 feet. Calculate the volume in gallons:   5236 gallons. Square pool total gallons = L X W X H X 7.48  
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Jail house fever vector is?   Louse  
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Plasmodium falciparum is?   Mosquito  
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Aniskiasis can be attributed to?   Eating raw fish  
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Active immunity is best described as:   Immunity is formed by a former infection and formed by the body.  
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For the most common port of infection, gastrointestinal disease is ranked:   2nd  
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People with untreated cholera suffer from:   Circulatory collapse, severe dehydration, electrolyte loss  
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Bubonic plague vector is:   X. cheopis  
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Deerflies prefer to breed in?   Calm waters  
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Toxins produced after the bacteria is called?   Endotoxin  
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Octave wave band analyzers test?   Different frequencies of sound  
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Heat labile toxins are?   Denatured after proper heating (protein based)  
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Staphylococcus aureus:   Picnic organism (in summer)  
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The most common occupational disease is:   Dermatitis  
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Proper hand washing requires:   Warm water, Antibacterial soap, Proper lathering  
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Define Quarantine   When you don't know what the disease is  
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Brucella organism can be tested with?   Blue ring milk test  
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Historically, this killed many of Napoleon's troops   Rickettsia prowazeki variation prowazeki  
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A "bulls-eye" type of wound is caused by?   Lyme disease  
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The vector for yellow fever is?   Aedes mosquito  
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To disinfect tools suspected with anthrax   Formalin solution for 4 hours at 110 degrees F  
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A nosocomial infection means?   Hospital acquired infection  
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Vibrio vulnificus can be lethal to?   People with chronic liver problems  
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Bacillus cereus is commonly implicated in:   Cooked rice and grains  
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Ammonia can be used for:   Cleaning, detecting chlorine leak, and found in outer space  
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The minimum water heater temperature ina restaurant is?   120 degrees F  
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